. >> because that's actually where laws are generated is in congress. and that's a very scary place for women. >> cecil, you've been at the helm of this stuff for a while. why in your opinion is the heart of the republican party where it is right now as far as women's reproductive issues? how did they get to this point? we know in the late '70s and early '80s they began to court social conservatives. it feels like we are literally having arguments that were settled on 50 years ago. >> oh, absolutely. that's what women are saying to me out here in ohio. they can't believe we're fighting about whether women should get access to birth control. but that's actually what is happening. mitt romney has taken a position he wants to allow employers to refuse to allow birth control in insurance plans. alex i don't think that is the heart of the republican party. i think that mitt romney and the folks that are running, some of the folks that he is supporting, todd akin, richard mourdock, these interest most extreme part of the republican party. because the bedrock